Season 1 Episode Guide

In the conclusion of a two-part first-season finale, Molly grudgingly goes to the prom with the nerdy son of a gangster who holds the deed to the Stage home after Rick loses it in a card game. Meanwhile, the twins try to thwart Rick's attempts to attend the dance with a sexy student. Ben: Noah Bastian. Becky: Autumn Reeser. Mr. DiRico: John Caponera. Forrest: Samm Levine.

In Part 1 of a two-part episode, Molly develops feelings for her friend Ben and she considers asking him to the prom. Meanwhile, Rick learns that his name is on the deed to the Stage home and he inadvertently loses the property in a card game. Ben: Noah Bastian. Mr. Dirico: John Caponera. Molly: Reagan Dale Neis. Rick: Andrew Walker. Mia: Vicki Davis.

A baby is left in a bassinet on the Stages' porch with a note written by the mother claiming that Rick is the child's father. While Rick tries to find the woman, Molly is stuck caring for the infant and the twins compete with the new arrival for their parents' attention. Julie: Andrea Bogart. Ben: Noah Bastian. Rick: Andrew Walker. Molly: Reagan Dale Neis. Mary: Julia Sweeney.

Molly decides to run for student-body president and casts Grant in a music video to announce her candidacy. But the voters who see the tape think that Grant is the candidate, and his new popularity leads him to toss his own hat into the ring. Ben: Noah Bastian. Tim: Jarrett Lennon. Jenna: Shonda Farr. Crystal: Lindsey McKeon. Molly: Reagan Dale Neis. Grant: Patrick Levis. Mia: Vicki Davis.

Harriet asks her family to stage a funeral for her and requests that her niece Tillie (Naomi Judd) be allowed to attend, despite a rift that exists between Tillie and Mary. While Molly arranges the gathering, Rick struggles with the eulogy his grandmother asked him to write. Suzy: Jenna Martin. Harriet: Ellen Albertini Dow. Mary: Julia Sweeney. Molly: Regan Dale Neis.

Molly and Grant clean out the attic during a day off from school and accidentally spill paint on their mother's wedding dress; Rick baby-sits the twins in their room, where they force their brother to participate in a humiliating tea party. Thug No. 1: Johnny Ferrara. Thug No. 2: Frank D'Amico. Molly: Reagan Dale Neis. Grant: Patrick Levis. Rick: Andrew Walker.

Molly suggests that Mary get a job to shake off her blues, but her advice backfires when Mary is hired as a lunch lady at Molly's school. Meanwhile, Rick is depressed after an attractive woman turns him down for a date. Coach Ryan: Nicole Robinson. Nurse: Carole Goldman. Allison: Marisa Brown. Mary: Julia Sweeney. Molly: Reagan Dale Neis. Rick: Andrew Walker.

Jerry agrees to house an exchange student from Brazil after learning that the girl plays on her country's Olympic soccer team. Meanwhile, Molly is upset that she can't go to a party with Nick because it's scheduled for the same night as a piano recital by the twins. Rosa: Sarah Shahi. Bob: Joe O'Connor. Nick: Shaun Sipos. Jerry: Fred Willard. Molly: Reagan Dale Neis. Mary: Julia Sweeney.

Jerry sets Molly up with a high-school senior who works in his office and has nearly the same personality traits as her dad, but the teen has her heart set on a new student from England. Meanwhile, Harriet asks Grant to teach her to play the guitar; and Rick has money problems with a bookie. Mini Jerry: Danny Strong. Prince William: Rhett Fisher. Tim: Jarrett Lennon. Jerry: Fred Willard. Harriet: Ellen Albertini Dow. Grant: Patrick Levis.

At school, Molly finds a discarded CD with an eclectic mix of love songs on it, and she sets out to find the person who recorded it. Mary, meanwhile, is angry with Jerry but won't tell him why; and Harriet meets a mime and develops an interest in the art. Ben: Noah Bastian. Travis: Jonathan Redford. Doreen: Paige Peterson. Molly: Reagan Dale Neis. Jerry: Fred Willard. Mary: Julia Sweeney.

Molly joins the school's cheerleading squad to be closer to Nick, but making the team comes at a price---her availability to the chess club. Elsewhere, Jerry and Rick grow mustaches as father and son compete to be more attractive to women. Ben: Noah Bastian. Lauren: Meghan Ory. Tim: Jarrett Lennon. Jerry: Fred Willard. Rick: Andrew Walker. Mia: Vicki Davis.

Molly is mortified to learn that her parents are planning to appear in a local theater production of “Hair,” which may include a nude scene. Meanwhile, Fred fumes over Harriet's attraction to his best friend. Abe: Alan Young. Nate: George Wyner. Nick: Shaun Sipos. Molly: Reagan Dale Neis. Mary: Julia Sweeney. Jerry: Fred Willard. Rick: Andrew Walker. Grant: Patrick Levis.

Premise: Domestic lunacy reigns in this sitcom about a normal teenager coping with her kooky relatives. Her parents, for example, are ditzy and clueless; her twin sisters are terrors; and one brother's a budding criminal. The show was filmed without an audience or…
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